I give a lot of talks, and like any speaker I'm always asked for
a copy of my slides. Also like many speakers, particularly those who
put some thought into their slides, I hate giving out copies of
slides as handouts. When I use slides, I design them to be a
VisualChannel: an
accompaniment to my words, not as a stand-alone "Slideument". Such
slideuments are very distracting when talking, as reading the bullet
points takes the audience's attention away from the words being
spoken. As a result my slides are graphic, minimal, and often
involve animation that's cued into my talking. Such slides are
meaningless without me speaking.

A written piece is a much more effective stand-alone document. I
can write this to make sense without audio, and use an approach
designed for reading rather projecting on a screen.

So here's some suggested items to read that go with recent topics
I've been talking about. I think most people will find them much
more useful than slideuments.

Domain-Specific Languages

I have a guide
page that acts as a central point for material I
post on DSLs. In particular the state machine example I use in the
talk comes from the first chapter of my book, which is available as
a free download.